Being an IBD specialist nurse is a challenging yet rewarding profession. IBD nursing services can be enhanced with teamwork and collaboration from a wide range of professionals—and challenged by increasing and often conflicting demands, insufficient resources, and lack of support within organizational structures. There is an acknowledged risk of burnout, which has the potential to disrupt the IBD nurse workforce, and ultimately impact on patient care. Networking, communication, personal development, and self-care actions can mitigate against the risk of burnout and promote resilience and stability in the IBD nurse population. This chapter will give a brief overview of the phenomenon of burnout, address the employers’ responsibilities, and consider the strategies that can help nurses support each other in their local workplace, nationally and internationally. Forging links with managers locally and nursing colleagues beyond can lead to improved services by providing leadership and organizational know-how. Widespread networking and multimodal communication strategies enable nurses to share their ideas, extensive knowledge, protocols, and standards easily and effectively. This leads to improved clinical practices and standards, support for novice and experienced nurses, and a shared sense of a common goal. These actions, alongside opportunities for personal development and attention to self-care, can help improve job satisfaction, reduce stress levels, and lead to a resilient nurse who is productive and confident of providing a high-quality evidence-based service.

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Nurse Burnout, Support, and Networking

  • Karen Murdoch,
  • Lesley Dibley

摘要

Being an IBD specialist nurse is a challenging yet rewarding profession. IBD nursing services can be enhanced with teamwork and collaboration from a wide range of professionals—and challenged by increasing and often conflicting demands, insufficient resources, and lack of support within organizational structures. There is an acknowledged risk of burnout, which has the potential to disrupt the IBD nurse workforce, and ultimately impact on patient care. Networking, communication, personal development, and self-care actions can mitigate against the risk of burnout and promote resilience and stability in the IBD nurse population. This chapter will give a brief overview of the phenomenon of burnout, address the employers’ responsibilities, and consider the strategies that can help nurses support each other in their local workplace, nationally and internationally. Forging links with managers locally and nursing colleagues beyond can lead to improved services by providing leadership and organizational know-how. Widespread networking and multimodal communication strategies enable nurses to share their ideas, extensive knowledge, protocols, and standards easily and effectively. This leads to improved clinical practices and standards, support for novice and experienced nurses, and a shared sense of a common goal. These actions, alongside opportunities for personal development and attention to self-care, can help improve job satisfaction, reduce stress levels, and lead to a resilient nurse who is productive and confident of providing a high-quality evidence-based service.